How rare is the name Franchesca?

4,630 people in the United States have the first name Franchesca, about 1 in 65,234. It ranks #4,146 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

FRANCHESCA

#4,146

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,630
About
1 in 65,234
This common or more
83.6%
Who bears it

Of the 4,630 people named Franchesca, 58.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 16.8% as White and 15% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Franchesca peaked in 1992, when 172 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19552025
Peak year
1992
Births that year
172
In 2025*
22 ▼87%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,394 babies have been given the name since 1955. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Franchesca by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,216. The largest share of babies named Franchesca, 40.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#11,91714
1960s#6,234107
1970s#3,799334
1980s#2,445824
1990s#2,2161,351
2000s#2,9941,166
2010s#6,010456
2020s#9,241142
Baby boom 1946–641.1%
Generation X 1965–8010.1%
Millennials 1981–9639.1%
Generation Z 1997–1240.6%
2013 and later9.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Franchesca is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Franchesca has been most common in Florida (4×), California (2.9×), and New Mexico (2.8×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.49×).

2,482 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Franchesca

1 other first name also has 4,630 people.

#4,146 Christiane · 4,630

Either side of Franchesca

#4,145 Antonette · 4,632#4,146 Christiane · 4,630#4,148 Loc · 4,629#4,149 Derik · 4,626

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Franchesca, most common first.

#1,115 Francisca · 36,984#1,192 Francesca · 32,941#2,388 Francesco · 10,482#6,450 Francheska · 2,487#21,290 Franceska · 478#30,168 Fransheska · 290#37,394 Francesa · 209#40,470 Franchesco · 184

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